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1,626,930 May 1927' c. c. GROGG CONTAINER Filed Sent. 11. 1925 7 4 593la J 6 [H MIHH F1 3 Fig.5 I I M Patented May 3, 1927. 4

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Appllcatlon filed September 11, 1885. Serial No. 55,705.

This invention relates to containers.

It is well known that in piling cans or the like upon each other such asare used gencrally in stores containing such ingredients 5 as corn,fruit, oil, fish, paint, spices or the like that have the bottoms andtops thereof constructed in a manner that makes it diflicult to pilesame upon the tops of each other lor the purpose of conserving space orshelf room and also add to the symmetrical appearance of the pile.

in other words the tops and bottoms are usually made cylindrical andconstructed of a iorm making it dillicult to pile and maintain aplurality of containers in equipoise, alignment or balanced with respectto each other, so as to prevent same from falling during or after thepiling operation.

The primary objects of the present invention are to so construct acontainer as to form the bottom and top of complementary interlittingmembers that will guide the operator in piling the containers upon eachother, so that they can be positioned in alignt5 ment with each other ina convenient and eflicient manner to maintain their equipoise andbalance with respect to each other.

Another object is to provide a suflicient area of annular flatcontacting surfaces or the like and thereby sustain and maintain thecontainers at rest uponeach other, without tendency to slip out ofalignment with each other or shift from their positions.

A further object is to provide means for quickly and rapidly pilingcontainers one upon the other by providing means for guiding andadjusting each can to align with each other automatically, whereby aplurality of containers can be piled upon each other, in such a manneras to maintain their equilibrium with respect to each other, therebyproviding means to pile a number of cans upon each other Without dangerof the containers tending to fall or tumble from each other.

A further object is to provide an efficient and rapid means of piling aplurality of containers in alignment with each other to present auniform and symmetrical appearance to the eye of the observer when saidcontainers are arranged in parallel rows on a shelf or the like.

These and other objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in'theaccompanying drawing, in which:

complementary interlitting closure members engaging each other.

rigure 3 shows a cap counterbored on one side to lit the head of a milkbottle or the like and formed on the other side similar to the top andbottom closure members of the other containers.

Figure Al shows a sectional view of the closure member for the containerprovided with an upstanding flange member.

Figure 5 shows two milk bottles or the like piled upon each other with acap member interposed therebetween to permit the vertical piling of aplurality of said type of containers.

in the drawings reference numeral 1 represents the body portion of acontainer of conventional type. The container is provided with theclosure members 2 and 3 which are formed complementary and adapted tointerfit with each other when piled upon each other.

An'annular semi-circular rib portion 4 is provided on the closure member3 to'fit an annular groove portion 5 formed on the closure member 2. Theaforesaid members as shown in Fig. 2 are adapted to fit each other andbeing circular or tapered in form, when the grooved member is placedover the rib member in piling the containers the grooved membergradually is guided by the surface thereof to fit the rib member snuglyand when said action takes place the groove in one closure member andannular rib in the other member guide and adjust the body portions ofthe containers, so that the containers can be moved in alinement witheach other.

The fiat annular surfaces 6 and 7 of the containers are more or lessextended to provide flat surfaces to support each other in equipoise bythe mutual counteraction of the two forces.

In order to further assist in aligning the plurality of containers whenpiling same upon each other a circular depressed portion 8 is providedon one of the closure members which is adapted to fit and engage anupstanding annular portion 9 formed on the complementary closure member.The annular portion 9 is preferably formed with a flat top 9' to providemeans of forming a hole or the like therein at the center. It will beobserved that by forming and constructing both closure members of thecontainer comprising the bottom and to thereof, as described, that meansare provide to guide and adjust the containers in alignment with eachother automatically within certain limits when the same are being piledand means are also provided to'present extended annular flat surfaces toeach other to provide a means of supporting each container withsufiicient flat area to prevent any tendency of overbalancing orslipping out of ali nment with each other.

n order to apply the same principle and -idea for piling bottles such asmilk bottles or the like a cap 10 is provided and counterbored as shownat 11 to fit over the end 11 of a bottle 12 or the like as shown in Fig.5.

The upper portion of the cap is provided with an annular upstanding ribmember 13, which is adapted to fit an annular groove formed in thebottom of the bottle 14. It will be observed that a plurality of bottlescan be piled upon the top of each other and the same being guidedautomatically in piling as the type of containers hereinbefore describedwhich prevents the bottles or the like from slipping from each other ortending to lose their equilibrium or balance when a plurality of sameare piled upon each other.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the closure members are shown fitted within the bodyportion of the container and are adapted to be fastened thereto by anywell known. means such as soldering or the like.

In Fig. 4 a flange 15 is provided that can be fitted to the periphery oroutside of the body of the container or if preferred can be fittedinternally by beading same around the container or by other well knownfastening means.

Attention is called to the fact that by the means shown and describedfor constructing the closure members of a container that means areemployed that conserve time in pilin the containers one upon each otherand t at means are em loyed to maintain the equilibrium and in pilingduring and after a plurality of containers are piled on top of eachother then each container is gulded and aligned automatically with thenext succeeding and preceding container throu' h the medium 0 thetapered or semi-circu ar construction of the inter-fitting annular riband annular groove formed in the complementary closure members ashereinbefore described. The invention described herein is designed forthe purpose only of maintaining cans of canned goods in proper alignmentand balance, and the invention herein is not designed to be used fordrums or other similar type of vessels such as shown in the Britishpatent to David Caird Letters Patent Number 10,646 granted A. D. 1896.

I claim:

- 1. In a container of com aratively small size, a body portion of uniorm size, a closure member of the same size as the body portion for thebody provided with an annular rib, another closure member of the samesize as the first closure member provided with an annular groove, bothclosure members bein constructed complementary to each other orproviding means for piling a plurality of containers symmetrical inalignment with each other and maintaining the equilibrium of saidcontainers, when piled upon each other.

2. In a container of comparatively small size, a body portion of uniformsize, a closure member of the same size as the body portion providedwith an annular rib, another closure member of the same siz as the firstclosure member having an annular groove formed therein, which is adaptedto fit the rib, said container being adapted to be piled on anothercontainer of similar complementary structure to retain a plurality ofcontainers in alignment with each other.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. v

- campus 0. GROGG.

